Autophagy
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The feeding of the body upon itself, as in fasting; nutritionby consumption of one's own tissues.
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a natural process in which the body breaks down and absorbs its own tissue or cells:
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Consumption of the body’s own tissue as a metabolic process occurring in starvation and certain diseases.
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